I'm beginning to get concerned about Mr. Rum

I find him hugging my asspants.

Now i know why he was hugging my ass pants. 

Dinner

Some dinner in Belize City

Mangroves update

Still got some alive after the transplant.  I think nine on the north side and seven on the south.  Am still trying some various techniques, but I couldn't get fertilizer when I was in town.  I'll try again to get some when I head my pony to Independence or up north next time...

From the north side...

From the south end...

Mangroves and such...

Had a couple of questions about some mangroves I'm trying to put on my beach.  Like many things about living here, this is an experiment for me as I don't know much about mangroves.  But here are a few pics and some of my thoughts...

I don’t much about mangroves but started trying to transplant some seedlings a few weeks ago.  Purpose is to preserve the beach and keep some vegetation for the wildlife.  From a bit to my north side of the seashore to a long ways to my south all the beach has been cleared.  So adding a few mangroves is high on my priority list.

I took a seedlings from an area thick with the trees and a friend gave me some she had.  I planted them about 12 feet above low tide line.  High tide gets close to the seedlings.  I piled sand and sea grass around them to try and protect from high tide and hot sun.

About 25% have survived and have some green as can be seen in the pics.  I plan to plant some more in the same area to try and get a root system strong enough to hold up in bad weather.  As that grows I’ll try and put some more closer to the sea line to keep building a root system.

We have had a fair amount of rain lately so I suspect that help.

If anyone has some seedlings near the peninsula I can get I will keep putting them in the ground.  If you have ideas on growing them here let me know.  In the meantime, I’ll keep anyone interested posted on how this is working out…

Bramin, Japanese style

Come & Explore Jungle and Fishing Deep in The Heart of Belize

Beach on one side, jungle on the other side, in a small ecletic Central American country.

Angle's Cabins in the sothern end of the comminity of Riversdale offer a nice ombiance.  Now I will provide two disclamers right up front:  1.  I have not stayed there as a guset.  I know the owners since I live here and they are good peeps. 2.  I have no financial interest in thier business.  but I do think it's a nice area and with the family owned bidnez you can have a lot of fun.  Mr. & Mrs. Alberto can help you with food, fishing, diving, tours, and all kinds of stuff.

I visited the cabanas and the property is super clean and very nice -- right on the beach.

I will invite the owners to comment with info on prices and contact should you want to come visit out lil beach by the jungle.

Cachal Peck

Hello fellow travelers, friends, family and other assorted scoundrels.  I have been very slow in getting some of my updates up here on the blog.  But I did want to mention a little more of our stay at the Parrot Nest Lodge. 

http://parrot-nest.com/

Last time me and the Old Hen went up to San Ignacio area for a Mayan Festival (the one that never happened) we stayed at this lodge in Bullet Tree Falls.  The lodge is nestled back in the forest on the bank of the Mopan River.

Short and to the point, a very cool place to stay at a decent price.  The owners (Theo, Marcus, girls, several friendly dogs, cats, rabbits, parrot, etc.) are all a great family and made the stay there very nice. 

We stayed in cabin 5 which was very private, two beds, fan, and private bathroom.  Had a nice deck facing into the woods with chairs and hammock which made for a nice spot to chill.  Community open-area room had books, drinks, and breakfast & dinner served in a B&B style.  We had dinner with the other guests which had good food and good times chatting with the other walkabouts.

Tubing on the Mopan was fun as we hadn’t done that in a while and Marcus set up the tubes and gave us all the info needed.  The firefly show at night made my fireflies envious.

I’ll try later to update with some more details, but if you want to be near the Cayo action but a lil out of town, I give Parrot Cove Lodge a big two thumbs up.  You can get more info and contact on their website.